Why I Became an EMT...and Then LeftThis January, as my 48th birthday approached, I began training at the FDNY EMT academy in Fort Totten in Queens. I’d been working as a filmmaker, real estate agent and bartender and wanted to do so...

Ferry a big part of citywide mass transitSince taking the oath of office, Mayor Bill de Blasio has made two major transit announcements that are supposed to ease the burden on commuters. The first was the creation of a full citywide ferry...

No place for vulgarity at paradeAny mayor that's marched in the annual Rockaway St. Patrick's Day Parade has learned a lesson the hard the way: Rockaway can be pretty unwelcoming if you're not living up to their expectations. Thi...

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U.S President-elect Donald Trump has asked Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn to head his White House National Economic Council, a group that coordinates economic policy across agencies, NBC News reported on Friday. Cohn, president and chief operating officer at the Wall Street firm, had been widely considered the heir apparent to Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein. A Goldman Sachs spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Early plans call for American hero-astronaut John Glenn to lie in state in Ohio's capitol building preceding a celebration of his life of military and government service and two history-making voyages into space.